The Hunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: LIVE UPDATES

Since early this morning, officials and law enforcement agencies have been chasing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon. We’ll be posting updates throughout the day. If you have any tips, email ian@heavy.com.

UPDATE 6:07 p.m. – “We remain committed to this. We do not have the suspect, but we will.” – Col. Alben.

UPDATE 6:06 p.m. – “We do not have an apprehension of our suspect this afternoon” – Col. Alben of Massachusetts State Police

UPDATE 6:01 p.m. – “They were set up, FBI followed them for years.” – Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, mother of the Tsarnaev brothers, reports Russia Today. She said:

They used to come [to our] home, they used to talk to me…they were telling me that he [the older, 26-y/o Tamerlan] was really an extremist leader and that they were afraid of him. They told me whatever information he is getting, he gets from these extremist sites… they were controlling him, they were controlling his every step…and now they say that this is a terrorist act! Never ever is this true, my sons are innocent!

UPDATE 3:42 p.m. — According to CBS, when the two suspects ran from police, they threw another pressure cooker bomb out of their car window. In addition, there is a 10 inch gash on Tamerlan’s body and Dzhokhar may be wearing an explosive.

From John Miller of @cbsnews: when suspects ran from police they threw another pressure cooker bomb out the car window #wbz

I woke up around 4:30 to check and see what the shootout situation was like. I heard sirens everywhere outside my window. Heard nothing from the school yet. Went back to sleep and woke up at 7:30 with this text/email from Boston College emergency alert:

BC Police Emergency. Due to public safety concerns, BC is closed and classes are cancelled until further notice. Remain indoors. Check http://www.bc.edu/bcinfo

Then we got this:
BC Police Emergency: All students and local residents are asked to shelter in place until further notice. Please remain indoors. http://www.bc.edu/bcinfo for updates.

UPDATE 3:10 p.m. — Buzzfeed says a Harvard student worked with Dzhokar. “He was very much gung-ho about it and seeming very on top of his life,” she said. “He was very funny and happy and healthy seeming.”

UPDATE 2:58 p.m. — We’ve reached out to UMass Dartmouth to see if they could verify the claim. We’ll update you when they get back to us.

UPDATE 12:40 p.m. — MA Police Chief says that there are new leads that have been developing over the past few minutes.

UPDATE 12:35 p.m. — Superintendent of Boston Police says that they are going house to house, searching for Dzhokar. In addition, there will be a controlled explosion in Cambridge as well. Next briefing in an hour, unless there are any updates. They are 60-70 percent of “what we want to cover in terms of search” but no apprehension yet.

UPDATE 12:30 p.m. — CBS Boston says that Dzhokar became a citizen on September 11, 2012.